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The Garden Path in the Wondering Woods

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We created a garden path made of reactive pavers as a part of our larger group installation, the Wondering Woods at Electric Sky (2017). As you stepped on the pavers, a pulse of light went down the garden path to show you the way. The garden path was an orienting piece in the Wondering Woods installation, both created by our art group. The goal was to explore what if the woods could see you and interact with you. LEDs were controlled by wifi-enabled Arduinos. See video with demo of LED animation here: https://youtu.be/P23V_Tt727Q Following Electric Sky, we also installed the Garden…

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Just Totally Legit — Dropping Recreational Light and Magic

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It’s official, we are dropping the “Recreational Light and Magic” part of our name. We were calling ourselves Recreational Light and Magic (a Totally Legit LLC) as a bit of culture hacking, jabbing the Star Wars’ parent company Industrial Light and Magic.   Thanks to Jeff, we even had a set of matching Logos!  Somehow, Industrial Light and Magic never noticed.   However, it has just been too much of a mouthful.  So as of this week — we are just Totally Legit.  

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Animated Pinball as Wall Art

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We adapted the Arduino software originally developed for our Attacks from Mars projects for a custom wall piece painted by Shelly Farnham:  See Attacks from Mars on the Wall.    We then worked with the Seattle Pinball Museum to do a piece to display on their wall using an old Totem playfield.  See the animation on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAfIDhl02q0. This art project was inspired in part our love for pinball!   Jeff Larson of our Totally Legit crew is a designer for the Seattle pinball zine, Skill Shot, and Greg Larson is a pinball repair technician at Quick Pinball Repair, a…

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Luminous Garden v2 Winter

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Our Luminous Garden project was so popular this summer we adapted the group installation to be an indoor show, displayed the winter of 2016/2017 at the Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, and in the Skykomish Maloney Store.  The theme was “taking a walk in an otherworldly garden”.  At the Maloney Store, we had a pop-up maker lab in the back of the show, so we could continually add new pieces to the show over the course of the month. Mentioned by the Seattle Times More photos on flickr Time Lapse Video Participating Artists and Technology Creatives Andy Tomacelli :: Beanne Hull…

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